Chapter 377 - Bunny Plush

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The couple walked around the park and tried a few attractions in the park. 

After getting off the roller coaster ride, Hazel sat at the bench to calm down. She saw the ride from their cable car ride and thought that it looked a bit fun. It was said that riding a roller coaster could relieve stress and Hazel wanted to try them.

At the end of it, Hazel thought that the experience almost let her soul leave her body. It was exciting, but the speed was a little scary. Hazel was a little worried that she might have left a bad impression on Alex with how she had screamed all the way down.

"Drink up. This should help you a little bit."

Hazel looked up and found that Alex was looking at her with concern. "Thank you."

Alex watched as Hazel took a few sips and was relieved to see the color on her face. "Are you alright?"

Hazel nodded. "Let's not take another exciting ride."

A chuckle escaped him at her words. "We can continue to walk around the park. Then let's and have our lunch somewhere else."

Hearing his suggestion, Hazel quickly agreed. After resting a little bit, the two walked around and decided to enter the arcade. Hazel dragged Alex to the Dance Dance Revolution machine and challenged him for a duel.

After losing to Hazel for a few rounds, Alex finally gave up and decided to watch his girlfriend as she was having fun. Her long hair bounced along as she moved, her cheek turned red and there were beads of perspiration on her face after going on the machine for a while. 

Once Hazel had enough, Alex passed her a bottle of drinking water and helped her to wipe her sweats with tissue paper.

"Did you have fun?" 

"Mhm…" Hazel nodded enthusiastically. "I didn't think that you would be so bad at it. Your sister, Ellie, liked to play this game with Hayley. I thought that she would drag you to play with her as well."

"She tried." Alex chuckled. "Later she said I'm too hopeless and decided that it would be better if I never step on the machine lest I would embarrass her." A thought came to his mind and Alex tried not to grimace. "The moment I stepped off the machine, Ellie tried to stay away from me and would not admit that I'm her brother.

Hazel laughed as she heard this. She could almost imagine Ellie's disdain expression after watching her brother on the machine. Hazel thought that it was funny how the siblings often tease each other when they met. However, since Ellie was the younger one, Alex often had to give in to his sister.

"After a few more practice, you should be good at it," Hazel said. 

Alex replied with a smile. Seeing that Hazel was still trying to catch up with her breath, Alex took her towards the claw machine at the corner. He turned to Hazel and raised a brow. "Which one would you like?"

Her eyes brightened up. "Are you going to win them for me?"

Alex nodded.

"I heard that winning one is difficult," Hazel said. "It's fine. We have a few tokens left. You can try and play, but let's not get our hope up." Seeing the determinate look in his eyes, Hazel peeked into the machine and pointed at the pink bunny. "That one."

Alex followed her direction and saw that it looked a little tricky for him to pull out the pink bunny. After assessing the situation for a while, he put in the token and started to move the claw.

Hazel stood at the side and watched in anticipation. Although she had said that she would not get her hopes up, seeing the way the claw started to move, Hazel was a little excited. 

A sigh of disappointment escaped her upon seeing that the claw had dropped to another plushy. However, as they watched that the claw had grabbed that plush towards them, Hazel became excited again.

A while later, Hazel was hugging an adorable sleepy sloth plush with a bright smile on her face. The sloth expression was a little funny and Hazel could not help but laugh upon seeing the face.

Just then, Hazel noticed that Alex had put in another token in the machine. 

"You're going to try again?"

"Hmm…" Alex nodded.

"You already win this adorable sloth. I think this one is enough."

"It's fine. I just wanted to finish the token," Alex said. His lips tilted up to a smile. Then, he started to focus on the claw machine again.

After he had removed that sloth, it was easier for him to grab the pink bunny. Alex pushed the button and watched as the claw descended and grabbed that bunny.

Hazel held her breath as she watched the claw raised the pink bunny and brought it over to them.

Alex bent down to pick up the plush and handed it over to Hazel. "For you."

Hazel watched the two plush toys in her arms with a dazed look on her face. Then, she looked up and there was a look of admiration in her gaze. "It turned out that you're really good with the claw machine."

"Mmm…" Alex smiled. "In the past, Ellie would beg me to win some plushy for her and cried when I failed. It took me a while to finally figure out how to use this machine."

"Then… have you win anything from the claw machine for someone else?"

Alex thought about it and suddenly, an amused smile curled on his lips. "No. It's just you and Ellie. Fortunately, with the past experience, I know how to use this machine and make my girlfriend happy."

Hazel felt a heat crept up on her face. Something warm burst in her heart and spread throughout her body. 

"I seemed to remember that you have a pink bunny plush when you were little," Alex said. "You used to drag it around everywhere you go."

"Hmm…" Her lips curled into a faint smile as she recalled the plush bunny that she always carried around in the past. "That plushy was something that my mom gave me. It was the last gift she bought for me."

Alex looked at Hazel with a complicated gaze. He did not expect that there will be a story behind that bunny plush.

"It was a little worn out, but I still have them in my uncle's house." Hazel lifted her head and saw the look on Alex's face. "Why are you looking at me like that? I'm fine."

His heart ached upon seeing the sad look in her eyes. He pulled her into his embrace and ran his hand on her back as if coaxing her. 

Hazel was a little startled. She laid her head on his chest and let him hug her for a while longer. A few seconds later, Hazel pulled away as it was getting uncomfortable with the plush toys pressed between them. "Let's leave this place and have something to eat.. It's lunch hour and I'm hungry."

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